Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Penrith handles recycling and bulky waste. The city runs a three-bin kerbside service: a red-lid general-waste bin collected fortnightly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid FOGO (food and garden organics) bin collected weekly — food scraps go in with garden waste, ahead of the NSW-wide FOGO mandate. To find your collection day, use the council's online lookup tool or app.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- FOGO
- The green bin that takes food scraps as well as garden waste.
- Bulky / hard waste collection
- Pickup or drop-off for large items that don't fit in your bins.
- Community Recycling Centre (CRC)
- A free drop-off for 'problem' waste like paint, batteries and oils.
- General waste (red lid)
- Fortnightly
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyWeekly collection is available as a paid add-on service.
- Food & garden organics (green lid)
- WeeklyA genuine FOGO service — food scraps and garden waste collected together.
- Bulky / hard waste
- 4 free collections per calendar yearUp to 2 m³ each; resets 1 January. Booking required via my.penrith.city. Dumping without a booking can attract fines up to $8,000.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Penrith Community Recycling Centre, Gate 3, 96 Dunheved Circuit, St MarysFree drop-off for household quantities of e-waste, batteries, paint, oils, gas bottles and smoke detectors. Mon–Fri 8.30am–2pm, Sat 8am–12pm; closed Sundays and public holidays.
- Find your bin day
- "The Waste Spot" address lookup, or the Penrith Waste Champion appSee the links below.
Bin frequencies, booking limits and fees can change — confirm your collection day and current fees on the official sources below.
Sources — check it yourself
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.